The NetWare® Accelerated Upgrade utility is an advanced utility that can be used to upgrade a NetWare 4.11, NetWare 4.2, or NetWare 5 server to NetWare 6. NetWare Accelerated Upgrade is intended for use by network administrators who are skilled at troubleshooting and installing NetWare networks.
Advantages of NetWare Accelerated Upgrade
Runs from a Windows workstation, so you don't need physical access to the server console.
Is quicker than the standard NetWare 6 installation program.
Disadvantages of NetWare Accelerated Upgrade
Cannot be used to upgrade the first server on the network, so you must use the NetWare 6 installation program. After you upgrade or install the first NetWare 6 server using the NetWare 6 installation program, you can then use NetWare Accelerated Upgrade to upgrade other servers in the tree.
Does not install or upgrade products or licensing certificates, so you must install them after completing the upgrade. For example, when using Accelerated Upgrade to upgrade from NetWare 5 to NetWare 6, the NetWare 5 version of ConsoleOneTM is not automatically upgraded. To get the NetWare 6 version, you must install it after completing the upgrade. For more information, see Installing Additional Networking Products .
NOTE: Apache Web Server must be installed for the following products to operate: Novell iFolder, NetWare Web Search, iNovell Manager, NetWare Web Access, and Novell NetStorage. To install and run any of these products, make sure that you install the Apache Web Server after the upgrade.
Does not provide any backout procedures that will restore the server to its original configuration or restore trustee assignments if the upgrade fails.
